Somerton nr. Bury St. Edmunds / Upper Somerton

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14347SOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17541611
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1066, 15 km SSW of Bury St. Edmunds
Additional Comments: [not mentioned in Knott -- 9 Nov 2009]
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855) as a good Perpendicular font. Noted in the Glem Valley Benefice web pages http://www.glem-valley.org.uk/benefice/somch.htm] [accessed 9 November 2009]: "The church is fortunate in still having this 16th century hexagonal stone font decorated with shields in cusped panels [...] On the floor at the base of the font is the inscription in tiles "Suffer little children to come unto me".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]